Nitsana Lazarus Quotes

#1. In brief, our genetic heritage is at odds with our genetic future. For the first time in human history, the qualities it takes to survive as a species are compatible with the qualities it takes to love.

Warren Farrell

#2. Those who move but very slowly, may advance much farther, if they always follow the right way; then those who run and straggle from it.

Rene Descartes

#3. I hate my verses, every line, every word. Oh pale and brittle pencils ever to try One grass-blade's curve, or the throat of one bird That clings to twig, ruffled against white sky. Oh cracked and twilight mirrors ever to catch One color, one glinting flash, of the splendor of things.

Robinson Jeffers

#4. I'm physically completely mal-coordinated. My best friend used to make me run for the bus just to give herself a quick, cheap laugh because I definitely don't have that sophisticated cool thing down.

Emily Mortimer

#5. [Nineteenth century American educator] Catharine Beecher is really associated with the idea that a mother works with children in the home and a teacher works with children at school, and that therefore women are almost biologically predisposed to do this job.

Dana Goldstein

#6. W.S Merwin says "after three days of rain" and I write "After Twelve Days of Rain." I like his quietude. I admire his ability to be simple without being simplistic.

Dorianne Laux

#7. You don't have to live the blues to play the blues.

Herbie Mann

#8. If what we're really trying to do is stop the spread of HIV, we need to think about the customer.

Amy Lockwood

#9. People only call me 'Fiery' because it rhymes with Fred, just like 'Typhoon' rhymes with Tyson

Fred Trueman

#10. And I guess the thing that I really sort of rely on in me is that I love racing and I love competing and so I know that you know when the time comes and the pressure's on and I have to swim well, I'm sort of able to pull it out and sort of get the best out of myself.

Stephanie Rice

#11. orr we find a typo in a book.

Seth Godin

#12. Love is what grown folk do to each other because the law frowns on killing. I

Catherynne M Valente